A Plea for sanity when posting to this list.

[Brian Astill]

On Wed, 4 May 2005 10:41 am, Matt Galvin wrote:
> How? I find that having the most recent reply at the top of the
> messages makes it easy to find.

This is SO wrong it is difficult to see where the poster is coming from.
I guess if Matt asks ONE question and he and only he wishes to see the 
replies, top-posting might suit.

Otherwise, readers obviously wish to know what the question was, before 
reading the answer.
This becomes even more important if the posts comprise a discussion of some 
kind.  Top posters put the whole discussion sequence out of chronological 
order.

>  in Gmail(i understand not everyone uses it)(and Outlook and
> Mail) when replying

Not everyone is using Outlook or Mail, either.

The correct, sensible and proven system is
> > * don't top post
> >
> > Top posting makes discussion hard to follow. Snip anything from the
> > original post that it isn't relevant.

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Regards,
Brian